Re: What Wee Dram Are You Enjoying Now - Spring/Summer 2014

Opened a bottle of Springbank 10 last night, had a couple drams from it. This one tastes really rich, but the Connemara-like peat presence mixed with some sharper sherry notes tells me that I need to leave this bottle open for a few hours, or even possibly decant. The beautiful Springbank profile that I've enjoyed at whisky bars is hiding just out of site. Getting bits an pieces, just not the whole picture. Instead I'm getting some serious tongue-numbing cough syrup.

On the bright side, I came back to my bottle of Kilchoman Machir Bay 2012 I opened awhile back, and it has seriously smoothed out. Instead of sharp biting lemon and peat in the arrival, I'm getting peat and soft citrus notes. The development and finish both contain a creamy note that I can only describe as "TCBY White Chocolate Mousse" flavor. I get this occasionally in peated whiskies that have younger spirit in them (I've picked it up in Ardbeg Corryvreckan, not sure how old that stuff is, but my money says it has some younger stuff blended in there), and it's a real joy for me when I do taste it. Absolutely thrilled with the young complexity of this whisky. Can't wait until they have older products ready to go.

Re: What Wee Dram Are You Enjoying Now - Spring/Summer 2014

Nice pour of Balvenie 12 Doublewood.

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